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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
Entrepreneur
Financier
Investor
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Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward Buffett
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As far as you are concerned, the stock market does not exist. Ignore it.
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I think once you start putting phony figures into financial statements, you get in a lot of trouble. And we've seen so much of that in the last 20 years.
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Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking prices.
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I may have more money than you, but money doesn't make the difference. If there is any difference between you and me, it may simply be that I get up and have a chance to do what I love to do, every day. If you learn anything from me, this is the best advice I can give you.
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That's the reality of what they're going to sell them to the Treasury for.
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Money will not change how healthy you are or how many people love you.
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Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source.
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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
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In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable 'moats'.
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Part of making good decisions in business is recognizing the poor decisions you've made and why they were poor. I've made lots of mistakes. I'm going to make more. It's the name of the game. You don't want to expect perfection in yourself. You want to strive to do your best. It's too demanding to expect perfection in yourself.
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What we really want to do is buy businesses that we would be happy to own forever.
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I have always cautioned partners that I considered three years a minimum in determining whether we were performing.
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Remember that the stock market is manic-depressive.
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My job is essentially just corralling more and more and more facts and information, and occasionally seeing whether that leads to some action.
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You can't stand to see your neighbor getting rich. You know you're smarter than he is and he's doing these things and he's getting rich.
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The stockmarket is a semi-psychotic creature given to extremes of elation and despair.
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If you don’t feel comfortable making a rough estimate of the asset’s future earnings, just forget it and move on. No one has the ability to evaluate every investment possibility. But omniscience isn’t necessary you only need to understand the actions you undertake.
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On his Giving Pledge philanthropy: The way I got the message out was to get a copy of FORBES, look down that 400 list and start making phone calls! Bill and Melinda [Gates] did the same thing. So keep publishing the list so I can milk it.
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Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.
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Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.
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